Eight things we learned from Bono's conversation with Dave Fanning.

'Joey Ramone kick-started my career as a singer...'

'I remember dreaming that it might last for ever...' Highlights of more radio and press this week.

On the cover of the international edition of Time Magazine.

'Joey would have been honored.'  MTV asked Joey Ramone's friends and family about 'The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)'

'It’s us trying to figure out why we wanted to be in a band in the first place.' Bono and Edge speaking to The Irish Times about the new album.

'Eleven new songs from the era of pirate radio.' Bono's note to Dave Fanning and more news on the new long player.

It's been out less than 24 hours but the reviews of Songs Of Innocence are rolling in. Here's some of the earliest.

'Pleased to announce myself, Edge, Adam and Larry have finally given birth to our new baby...' A message from Bono about 'Songs of Innocence'

The band's new LP, Songs of Innocence, is now released. What's more, it's already in your iTunes account.

U2 and Apple took everyone by surprise today.

'Incredible...' Edge takes part in a remarkable new film about country music legend Glen Campbell.

'The greatest thing about musicians is their ability to reinvent themselves.' Fernanda Bottini with her U2 Playlist.

'We’re talking about happy as in a joyous overflowing of the human spirit.' Bono on Pharrell Williams.

Maybe you didn't know about the U2 football connection. You do now.

'I love it when U2 pull a sonic surprise out of one of Edge's hats.' Olaf Tyaransen's U2 Playlist.

'EAT (RED). DRINK (RED). SAVE LIVES.' Bono's in...

A pair of Jimmy Choo shoes from Adam, now under the hammer for Walk In My Shoes.

Adam's bass rigs, a guitar signed by Bono and a Joshua Tree Platinum disc. Going, going...

How a journalist for a German magazine found the band in 1982. Another North Side Story.

Adam in Dublin to launch 'Walk In My Shoes' Day.

'We were making an experimental record called Passengers.' Edge and Howie B - how they met.

Edge backs a new initiative from Music Rising, launched at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Fifteen U2 songs that Niall Stokes, editor of Hot Press and North Side Story, would choose from all the rest. Tune in. 

'I was always looking for a band you could start with from scratch and take over the world.' Paul McGuinness on the early days.